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United States v. South Bend Community School Corporation, et al. - Joint Stipulation of the Parties Regarding Proposed Student Assignment Plan and Other
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
SOUTH BEND DIVISION
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
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SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. |
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JOINT STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES
REGARDING PROPOSED STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLAN AND OTHER CONSENT DECREE ISSUES
The parties, through their undersigned counsel, do hereby stipulate that the South Bend Community
School Corporation’s (“SBCSC” or the “District”) new elementary and middle school student
assignment plan, known as Focus 2018, may be implemented consistent with the 1980 Consent Decree.
The parties further stipulate that:
(1) The District shall recruit students from the new Muessel and Coquillard attendance areas
to apply to magnet schools with available seats, in particular the new K-8 International Program at
Clay;
(2) The District shall move the Hamilton Traditional Program to the Marshall Intermediate Center
building for the 2019-20 school year, so that it may recruit more students to
that program; and
(3) The parties shall continue to exchange information regarding other Consent Decree issues
over the next four months with the goal of identifying agreed upon action steps by August 31, 2018
in areas including but not limited to:
(a) non-discrimination in student discipline;
(b) more comprehensive analysis of transportation data; and
(c) high school student assignment issues.
Dated this 30th day of April 2018.
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/s/Veronica Percia Veronica Percia Allyson Schwartz Educational Opportunities Section PHB Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 2053 Telephone: 202-514-4092 Fax Number: 202-514-8337 Email: Veronica.Percia@usdoj.gov Email: Allyson.Schwartz@usdoj.gov
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/s/ John W. Borkowski John W. Borkowski (#25985-49) HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP 1251 North Eddy St., Suite 200 South Bend, Indiana 46617 Telephone: (574) 239-7010 Facsimile: (574) 287-3116 Email: john.borkowski@huschblackwell.com
Amy Steketee Fox (#25112-53) FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS 110 W. Berry Street, Suite 2400 Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Telephone: (260) 460-1605 Email: amy.fox@FaegreBD.com |
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that on the 30th day of April, 2018, a copy of the above and foregoing
document was filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which sent electronic
notification of such filing to all those individuals currently electronically registered
with the Court.
/s/ John W. Borkowski